Ad Hoc Committee re. RoweCom / Call for Library & Publisher Members

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

Posted by the Moderator on behalf of the ad hoc committee.
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Today, December 20, 2002, an ad hoc committee (the "Committee") was formed
in order to, among other things, perform investigations and analyses of
the operations and financial condition of RoweCom, Inc. ("RoweCom) and its
parent corporation, Divine, Inc. ("Divine"), initiate negotiations with
RoweCom and Divine, and to take such other actions that the Committee may
determine are in the best interests of its constituency.

The initial members of the Committee include a major research library as
well as leading publishers (Blackwell, Elsevier, and Wiley).  Going
forward, committee membership is open to both publishers and libraries
that have (or that have had) a business relationship with RoweCom.  
Therefore, other libraries and publishers that have or have had a
relationship with RoweCom and that are interested in acquiring information
about or joining the Committee are invited to contact the Committee at the
following email address:  adhoccommittee@nyc.rr.com.